I have been following the annual Fortune Global 500 list since 2003. Back then, I would look at each name on the list every day during class, feeling both excited and curious.

As time passes, some companies disappear from the list each year, while new ones emerge. Of course, there are also those that remain firmly entrenched, dominating the global market for years.

Analysis of Chinese Companies

Looking at the 2010 list, it seems that the number of Chinese companies has significantly increased. In fact, according to the Financial Times’ market capitalization-based Global 500 list, Sinopec, a company with a questionable reputation, topped the list. I remember back in 2003, there were only about 10 Chinese companies on the list, and even with the inclusion of companies from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the total didn’t reach 20. At that time, the U.S. accounted for 40% of the list, Japan had around 70-80 companies, and Germany, the UK, and France each had about 40 companies. These five countries alone made up 80% of the Global 500. What was particularly frustrating was that China was even behind smaller countries like the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and South Korea.

I’ve collected many quotes about law, purely for some entertainment during the judicial exam preparation. It turns out that the field of “law” is actually quite fun and not as dry as some people think, although the differences between teachers can be quite significant.

1. Whether it’s a chicken or a duck, it’s all prostitution~

2. No one ever sleeps in my class~ If you sleep in my class, it just means you really need to sleep~

For the past two years, my WordPress site has been in a constant state of migration. Recently, a fellow blogger initiated a group effort to co-rent a VPS provided by Virpus, costing $7 per month with 25GB of space, 100M bandwidth, and 1600GB of traffic. Divided into 10 shares, and thanks to a promotional period, each person pays approximately $7.5 per year.

The previous host was located in the Netherlands/Portugal, using the DA panel, and I still have one WordPress site hosted there. The new host uses the Kloxo panel, and both databases are MySQL 5.x (though 4.x would work just as well).

 The system of suspended execution of death penalty is an original penalty execution system created by New China. It has played an important role in restricting the actual execution of death penalty in the history of our country. There are many flaws in the death reprieve system, which lacks scientificity, rationality and fairness. The article lists and expounds seven defects of the death reprieve system, and believes that these defects must be improved for the continued existence of the death reprieve system in our country.

Seeing an article by Moonlight about learning methods tonight sparked an impulse in me to update my blog, even though the campus network has already been cut off.

The learning methods Moonlight mentioned are not the traditional “reading methods” but focus more on information or knowledge acquisition in the internet era.

Reflecting on my experiences over the years, I find that my methods are quite similar to Moonlight’s. Since he specializes in the internet field, his methods are naturally more “sophisticated.”

My aunt’s younger brother passed away today due to cancer, only in his early 30s, at the prime of his life, which is even more unfortunate than my father’s situation.

I thought my father’s illness was already unfortunate enough, but I didn’t expect… At the end of last year, my father was critically ill and almost passed away. Although the hospital did everything to save his life, it’s almost impossible for him to recover to his former state. After accompanying my father for surgery at Xiangya Hospital, it only served to alleviate his condition. Now, every day is uncertain, and for more than half a year, I’ve been living in constant fear, dreading the phone calls from my mother.

Take a look at Yu Qiuyu’s Tencent Weibo!

At 10:20 AM on April 20, Mr. Yu Qiuyu opened an account on Tencent Weibo. Within just a few minutes, nearly 1,000 people followed him. However, most people became aware of his presence due to the widespread reposting of his few Weibo posts by netizens.

So far, Mr. Yu has only broadcasted three messages on Tencent Weibo:

1. Hello everyone! I am Yu Qiuyu.
2. In the past, it was easy to label things in the cultural sphere as culture, but poetry, prose, painting, and music are clearly far from sufficient.
3. What is culture? It is the spiritual values and lifestyle that have become habits.

All three messages were sent within a couple of minutes, after which they were drowned in a sea of netizens’ criticisms.

Earlier, I searched extensively both inside and outside the firewall, personally testing over ten types of free hosting services. Among the free options I finally selected, Weebly stood out. The reasons for choosing Weebly are based on the following simple points:

1. Weebly is completely free and allows you to bind your own domain (a crucial consideration for webmasters when choosing free hosting). Additionally, you can bind multiple domains under a single account (two for free users), which is quite an attractive service.